- Date
- October 1, 1980
- Place
- Quincy, CA · QUINCY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N543HAHiller Acft UH-12E
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801001044229A
- Case key
- 128023
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3370 80/10/1 NR.QUINCY,CA HILLER ACFT UH-12E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0738 N543HA PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D AGE 36, 6052 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 710 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKS LAKE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BLADE,TURBINE WHEEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 3RD STAGE TURBINE WHL,PN 6898753,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N543HA
- Reported as
- Hiller Acft UH-12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.